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Lords set sights on Digital Economy Act review

2010-07-15T18:40:29Z

The Digital Economy Act could be reviewed by the House of Lords next year, if peers are given the right to scrutinise legislation after it has been passed into law.

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Shortly after Strathclyde's announcement, Labour's Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, the Libe

ACTA text leaked

2010-07-15T08:45:53Z

The current full text of the ACTA treaty has been leaked to La Quadrature du Net:

This is the full text from the Luzern round of negotiations, including the name of the negotiating parties along with their positions.

Music industry demands internet levy

2010-07-15T08:42:28Z

Not content with laws that could remove internet sharing and disconnect families where suspected infringement occurs, PRS are now asking for ISPs to pay royalties for infringing material as well. Will Page, their economist, says he believes this would encourage ISPs to reduce infringement on their networks.

ACTA negotiators inform [EU] Parliament in secret

2010-07-14T10:23:22Z

The ACTA negotiators from the Commission came to the European Parliament today, to inform the Parliament about what happened in the last round of negotiations in Luzern.

However, the meeting where the information was to be given was declared ”in camera”, i.e.: closed to the pub

BT and TalkTalk challenge Digital Economy Act

2010-07-08T09:56:59Z

BT and TalkTalk are seeking a judicial review of the controversial Digital Economy Act

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Ofcom to consult on 'net neutrality'

2010-06-24T17:25:13Z

Ofcom are to look at the question of net neutrality, in advance of the telecoms Package being transposed into UK law.

EU demands data protection changes

2010-06-24T14:49:16Z

Vice-President Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship is demanding the UK give our Information Comissioner the powers mandated by the Data Protection Directive:

The European Commission has requested the UK to strengthen the powers of its data protection authority so

Stop those blind Pirates!

2010-06-24T14:44:12Z

Developing nations are pushing for changes to copyright law that would make it easier for disabled people to get hold of accessible, non-commercial versions of books.

A timeline of open government data

2010-06-18T11:21:07Z

Click for the full size version.

ID repeal Bill: “a good start, but bad in parts”

2010-06-17T10:46:40Z

The Identity Documents Bill [1] receives its Second Reading in the House of Commons this afternoon.

1007 Security Breaches Reported to the ICO

2010-06-06T19:43:02Z

Sector	Disclosed in Error	Lost Data / Hardware	Lost in Transit	Non-secure Disposal	Stolen Dta/Hardware	Technical / Procedural Failure

Public to have legal right to data

2010-05-31T13:52:25Z

That’s why I will chair a new Transparency Board, which will include experts, including perhaps the Government’s greatest critic when it comes to transparency, Tom Steinberg.

Ofcom publishes [Draft] filesharing code of conduct for ISPs

2010-06-24T14:40:22Z

Since the controversial Digital Economy Bill was turned into the controversial Digital Economy Act

After more than a year of wrangling both in and out of court, EMI, Sony, Universal, Warner and ISP Eircom finally have a deal ready to fly. Shortly the labels will start supplying the IP addresses of alleged file-sharers to Eircom so that it may punish them.

BBC Licence fee 'to fund superfast broadband' roll-out

2010-06-24T14:40:51Z

The BBC licence fee could be used to part-fund the roll-out of superfast broadband across the UK.

Details of the plan were outlined in the coalition deal struck between the Tories and the Lib Dems.

Ed Vaizey, who has been appointed as the new broadband minister, will oversee the roll-o

UK Government Scraps ID Card Scheme

2010-05-17T10:26:00Z

Home Secretary Theresa May has announced that New Labour's controversial identity card scheme is to be abolished by the new Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government.

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The new Home Secretary stated that ID cards were more of a nuisance than a boon, and did nothing to curb

UK could see e-voting 'within the next decade'

2010-05-11T11:05:03Z

The UK could see the introduction of electronic voting within the next ten to 15 years, it has been suggested.

Shane Greer, executive editor at Total Politics, said while the technology will 'certainly' not be implemented in time for

Parliament's wash-up's a stitch-up

2010-03-29T16:23:19Z

Due democratic process is lost in the pre-election horse-trading to decide which bills will survive.

Source: Guardian

MPs, Lords question human rights compatibility of Digital Economy Bill

2010-02-15T17:13:34Z

The Joint Committee on Human Rights has said that the Government must make the Digital Economy Bill more detailed to allow Parliament to scrutinise it properly.

Digital economy bill hit as Sion Simon stands down

2010-02-03T14:18:33Z

The government's bid to push the digital economy bill through has been dealt another setback after Sion Simon, the creative industries minister appointed to pilot the legislation through parliament for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, announced he is to stand down as an MP.

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